Cheese-cutter.



I. E. LEE.

OHEESB GUTTER. APPLICATION FILED MAB..6, 1912.

Patented Oct. 15, 1912.

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GHEESE CUTTER.

APPLICATION TILED MAR.6, 1912.

Patented 0013. 15, 1912.

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CHEESE CUTTER.

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CHEESE GUTTER.

APPLICATION IILED' MAR. a, 1912.

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ISAAC EDWARD LEE, 0]? DAYTON, -VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOB 0F ONE-HALF T0 MAGGIECHESTER 'HO'UFF AND ONE-HALF T0 CHARLES 1-1.

VIRGINIA.-

ALDER, BOTH OF DAYTON,

CHEESE-CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patentecl0ct.15,1912.

Application filed March 6, 1912. Serial No. 681,898.-

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, ISAAC EDWARD LEE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dayton, in the county of Rockingham and State of Virginia,have invented new anduseful Improvements in Cheese-Cutters, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in cheese cutters, of that typewherein a rotatable table is employed as a support for a cylindricalblock of cheese, and for cooperation with a knife whichrcuts the blockof cheese into radial slices of desired weight.

In buying cheese at retail, purchasers give their orders both withregard to weight and money value. Thus, one purchaser may request apound of cheese, and another so many cents worth. Heretofore thiscondition has been dealt with either by the use of calculators purely,or of calculators in the nature of predetermining devices, and thesecalculators are usually comprised of two scales, the one dealing withthe weight requested, and the other with the money value requested.Themse of these calculators takes up considerable time, increases thenumber of operations necessary to cutting a slice of cheese, and doesnot secure accuracy, either by reason of carelessness or error on thepart of the operator, or, by reason of the wear of the parts of thecalculating device which prevents its accurate operation.

The present invention is designed to overcome these objections, and toenable a slice of cheese of any desired weight or money value to beaccurately out, and by a single operation. Having this object in view,the invention proposes an adjustable scale which may he initially set,both with regard to the total weight of the block of cheese and of theprice per pound at which cheese may be sold on any particular occasion.For example, on one day a grocer may put a thirty pound block of cheeseon the table of the apparatus, and the price per pound on that day maybe twenty-five cents. On the next day the grocer may put a twenty-livepound block of cheese on the table, and the price per pound may havechanged to twentyeight cents. These variable conditions of weight andvalue are taken care of by the scale, which, as stated, may be set withregard both to the total weight of the cheese that is used, and to theprice at which cheese is selling on a particular day. This scale isprovided upon a movable carrier which works with relation to anindicating finger or point, and which is mechanically connected to thelever or equivalent element by which the cheese cutting knife isoperated, and also to the gearing which rotates the table. Theconnections are of such nature that a movement of the operating lever,or its equivalent, to position the cheese cutting knife for an operationthereof, produces both a movement of the table and a movement of thescale carrier; and the degree of movement of the operating lever, or itsequivalent, and consequently, of the movement of the table necessary toresult in a cut of cheese of a particular value or weight, is determinedby the alinement of the indicating finger or point with the reading onthe scale, which corresponds to the money value or weight of cheeserequested. When the scale has given this reading, the operating lever isthen actuated to cause the knife to cut a slice of cheese of therequired value or weight, and as the operating lever is thus actuated,its connections with the scale carrier will cause the latter to bereset, and thereby return the scale to the initial position at which ithas been usted.

An embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings,wherein:

Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a cheese cutter in which the features ofthe invention are incorporated, with parts shown broken away and insection, for convenience of illustration; Fig. 2 is a detail plan viewof a standard which serves as a support for certain operating parts andas a guide for the knife; Fig. 3 is a sectional view showing certaindetails of the knife carrying element; Fig. 4c is a central verticalsectional View, with parts shown in elevation and in a plane at rightangles to the plane of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view showingan operating shaft and a strap connection between said shaft and theknife carrying bar; Fig. 6 is a detail plan view of the computingmechanism by which the degree of movement of the cheese carrying table,necessary to result in the production of a slice of a particular weightor money value, is indicated; Fig. 7 is a plan view of the improvedcheese cutter; Fig. 8 is an enlarged sectional view of the computingmechanism in a plane parallel to the plane of Fig. 1; Fig. 9 is asectional view of the same feature in a plane at right angles to theplane of Fig. 8, and Fig.

. the shoe 11 is attached.

to said standard at one side thereof.

10is a developed plan viewshowing, by way ofexample, diiferent'portlonsof the scale which forms an element of the computing mechanism.

Similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughoutthe several vlews.

The block of cheese designated by the letter A, and shown in brokenlines in Figs. 1 and 4, rests on a table 1, which, in turn is supportedfor rotation upon a suitable base 2. The block A is cut into slices ofdefinite and determined value by a knife 3, which co? acts in thisfunction with the table 1. In the embodiment shown, the knife 3 iscarried by a vertical bar 4, which is axially movable with relation to astandard 5. r This standard 5 is preferably of hollow, tubularconstruction, and its lower end may be threaded into a socket or bosswhich is disposed at the rear of, and forms a part of, the base 2. Thebar 4 is disposed within this standard, and the latter is provided withdiametrically alined vertical slots 7 and 8, the walls of which serve asa guide for the knife 3, the operating portion of said knife projectingthrough the slot 7, and rearward extensions 9 of said knife projectingthrough the slot 8.

It is desirable that the movements of the bar 4 should not be too free,and should be without loose play. F or this purpose, said bar isprovided at its upper and lower ends, and at relatively opposite sidesthereof, with friction shoes 10 andll, which engage the inner face ofthe standard The shoe 10 projects at each end beyond the bar 4, but theshoe 11 projects only at one end beyond said bar. At the opposite sideof the bar 4, and for the same purpose as the shoe 11, which it adjoins,is a screw 12. This arrangement of the shoe lland the screw 12 isadopted because ofthe presence of rack teeth 13' at that side of the bar4 to which The teeth 13 may either be inte 'ral with the bar 4, or theymay be formed on a member which is attached to said bar, and the rackwhich said teeth define is coextensive with said bar, extending from thelower to the upper end thereof.

The movements of the bar 4 are preferably efiected by gearing, of whichthe teeth 13 form a part. The cooperating element of this gearingcomprises a pinion 14 which works through a slot 15 in the standard 5,and which is disposed in a casing 16 joined The pinion 14 is mountedupon a stud or pin 17 which is secured to the vertical wall of thecasing 16. Said casing has an open side (Fig. 7 through which theadjacent flat face of the pinion 14 is exposed, and to this exposed fiatface of said pinion the end of an operating. crank 18 is attached. Itwill be apparent from the description thus far given that by turning thecrank 18, a ver-' tical movement of the bar 4 is produced,

wvhich corresponds in direction to the direc tion of movement of saidcrank; and in this cludes a shaft 19 whichextends in a forward andrearward direction, and 1S ournaled m ,7

the lower portion of the standard'o, extending diametrically across thelatter and projecting'at each end beyond the same. That portion of theshaft 19 which extends under the table 1 carries a gear wheel 20, whichmay be either a pinion or afriction wheel, for engagement with acorresponding gear surface 21, provided on the under face of thetable 1. \Vithin the standard 5 the shaft 7 19 has fixed thereon aclutch member 22, and loose thereon a companion clutch member 23. Oneend of a strap 24 is secured to the clutch member 23, and the other endof said strap is secured to the lower end of the a bar 4. A torsion sprng 25 also surrounds the shaft 19, within the standard 5, and has oneend fixed to said standard and its other end secured to the clutchmember 23, preferably by the screw which secures the strap 24. When thebar 4 moves upwardly, the clutch member 23 will operatively engage itsconipanion clutch member 22, and turn the shaft 19, thereby producing anoperative movement of the table 1. On. the ot-her hand,

when the bar 4 moves downwardly, the clutch member 23 will ride overtheclutch member 22, without turning the shaft 19, and consequently,during the downward movement of the bar 4, the table 1 will not berotated. This last effect is due not only to the relation of the clutchmembers, but to the fact that the load against which the shaft 19 turnsis such that it will no-t'be overcome by the contact of the clutchmembers,'when' the clutch member 23 is turned by the spring 25. Theobject of the spring 25 is two-fold: first, when the bar 4 movesdownwardly, it revolves the clutch member 23 and takes up the slack ofthe strap 24, and second, it maintains the clutch member 23 in operativerelation to the clutch member 22. V

When the bar 4 moves upwardly, its first action is simply touncoil thestrap 24, and

said bar until the latter has completed a arbitrary and by way ofexample, as will substantial portion of its upward movement, suflicient,at least, to bring the knife 3 above the block of cheese A. Thereafter,and as the upward movement of the bar l continues, the strap 24, beingin tension therewith, acts, through the agency of the clutch members 23and 22, to turn the shaft 19 and to rotate the table 21.

It will be apparent that the degree of rotation of the table 1 dependsupon the degree of upward movement of the bar 4 beyond the point wherethe strap 24 is first tensioned by the bar 4. The invention proposesmeans for indicating the degree of movement of the table 1 necessary toresult in a slice of cheese of given weight or money value, which means,according to the invention, continuously operates during the movement ofthe table, to give an indication of value either in terms of weight ormoney, of the range of movement through which the table has passed. Thisvalue indicating or computing means comprises essentially an indicatingfinger 26 and a scale 27, said finger and said scale being relativelymovable. As shown, the scale 27 is in the form of a tape, (Fig. 10) andis mounted upon a scale carrier 28, in the nature of a rotatable drum.This form of scale and scale carrier is preferred, because it iscompact, and because it provides for a ready and accurate adjustment ofthe scale. The tape which constitutes the scale is shown in Fig. 10, andwhile this tape is, for convenience, referred to as the scale, it is, infact, so divided as to embody a number of scales, each based on certainweight or money values. For example, a portion of the length of thescale may be devoted to a twenty pound cheese, and this portion may, inturn, be subdivided according to varying prices within a certain range,6. 9., within a range of from twenty to thirty cents a pound. Anadjoining portion of the scale will be de voted to a twenty-five poundcheese, and will be similarly subdivided as to the range of prices.Still a third portion may be devoted to a thirty pound cheese, andsimilarly subdivided. The mention of a cheese of particular weight inthis connection is simply be understood. By way of explanation, it maybe assumed that the portion of the scale depicted in Fig. 10 is devotedto a twenty pound cheese, and that the upper subdivision illustrated isbased on a price of twenty cents per pound, whereas the lowersubdivision indicated is based on a price of thirty cents per pound,adjoining portions of the subdivision based on a price of twenty-fivecents per pound being shown in each instance. For a division of thescale with relation to a particular weight of cheese, the spaces betweenthe pound divisions will, of course, be uniform, regardless of theprice, and these spaces will be subdivided variably, according to price.Thus, a pound division of that portion of the scale which is devoted tocheese at twenty cents per pound contains twenty subdivisions, eachsubdivision representing the value of a cent, and that portion of thescale which is devoted to cheese at thirty cents a pound is similarlydivided into thirty subdivisions, each subdivision representing thevalue of a cent. While the intervals of the pound divisions are uniformfor any given weight, regardless of the price, they vary proportionatelywith a variation of the weight, as will be obvious. Thus, in thatportion of the scale which is devoted to a twenty pound cheese, theintervals between the pound divisions will be greater than the sameintervals in that portion of the scale which is devoted to a twenty-fivepound cheese, and less than the same intervals in that portion of thescale which is devoted to a fifteen pound cheese.

To provide for the adjustment of the scale, the following arrangement ispreferably employed, by reason of its compactness, accessibility, andconvenience. The drum 28 is made of two cupshaped telescopic sections,of which the one, 28 is connected to the shaft 19 in a manner to behereafter set forth, and the other, 28, fits over the section 28*. Thevertical walls of the sections of the drum serve as bearings for pins 29and 30, the inner ends of which are removably fitted in openings in thevertical wall of the section 28 and the outer ends of which, projectingbeyond the sections 28 carry operating knobs 31. The pins 29 and 30 areeach formed with a lon gitudinal slot 32 which extends to the inner endthereof, and in which may be engaged the ends of the tape 27, the saidtape being wound in opposite directions upon said respective pins. Thesections 28 and 28 of the drum 28 are provided in the circumferentialportions with alining slots 33 through which the lengths of the tape 27are passed. In assembling the value indicating mechanism, the section 28of the drum 28 is disengaged from the section 28 and the ends of thetape 27 are engaged in the slots 82 of the pins 29 and 30, and a bightof the tape is coiled around the peripheral surface of the drum section28", the lengths of the tape being passed through the slots 33 of saiddrum section for this purpose. Thereafter, the drum section 28 is fittedon the drum section 28 and the pins 29 and 30 are turned to take up anyslack in the tape. Assuming that a cheese weighing twenty pounds isplaced on the table 1, an initial adjustment of the tape is made, withregard to the weight and the value of the cheese. To effect thisadjustment, the operator turns the pins 29 and 80 simultaneously and inthe same direction, so as to feed or move a continuous bight of the tapeabout the peripher of the drum, and this action is con tinued until thepointer 26 alines with the zero pound mark of that division of the poundweight limit. This figure, of course,

is simply selected for example. The other monetary divisions of aparticular weight division of the scale may, of course, be marked offfor a corresponding weight limit When the tape has been adjusted in themanner stated, 6. g. so that the pointer 26 alines with the zero poundmark of the division of the scale which corresponds to the weight of theblock of cheese used, and to the price at which the cheese may be soldon the occasion, no further adjustment or manipulation of the computingmeans is required until a block of cheese of different weight is placedon the table or until, assum-' ing the weight of the cheeses used to beuni- 7 form, the market price changes.

It has been already stated that the drum section 28 is connected to theshaft 19. The connection employed is of such nature that said drumsection will turn with said shaft when the latter is operated, and may,at the same time, slip upon the shaft when the latter is idle. Theconnections for this purpose preferably comprise a screw 34 which isthreaded axially into the outer end portion of the shaft 19, passingloosely through the vertical wall of the drum section 28, and a leafspring washer 35 which surrounds the screw 34, its end bearingfrictionally against the vertical wall of the drum section 28, and itscentral portion bearing frictionally against the head of thescrew 34.This connection enables the drum 28 to turn with the shaft 19, and tothus cause the tape to move with relation to the pointer 26, while, onthe other hand, it permits said drum to turn with relation to or slipupon said shaft, when the tape is being reset or returned to its initialor zero position.

It will be apparent from the description thus far given that theoperation of the handle 18 to raise the knife 3 will not only, asalready stated, through the instrumentalities described, cause acorresponding rotation of the table 1, but it will also cause anoperative movement of the drum 28, and therewith of the tape 27, so thatthe indications of the latter pass continuously across the pointer 26,and give a continuous reading of the value, either in. terms of weightor money, of the range of movement imparted to the table 1. Toward theend of singleness of operation, the element by which the knife isactuated, and by which the operations already stated are carried" out,is also used to reset the tape to its initial Zero position, and theconnections for this purpose, as shown, consist of a cord 36 and asheave 37, which is integral or otherwise rigid with the vertical wallof the drum section 28 The cord 36 is coiled about the sheave 37 in adirection opposedto the direction of the winding of the strap 24, andone end of said cord is connected to said sheave or to the drum section28 while the other end of said cord, is connected, for example, to thepinion 14, the cord for this purpose passing through an opening 38 inthe casing 16 and through an opening 39 in the pinion 14:, its end beingknotted or otherwise arranged against withdrawal from the opening 39.

The operationof the cutter, as a whole,

should be readily apparent from the foregoing description. Assuming thatthe tape is set with regard to a block of cheese weighing twenty pounds,and selling at' twenty cents per pound, and that a customer gives anorder for a certain value of cheese:

If the order be in terms of pounds, e. g

one pound, the operator raises the handle 18' so as to raise the knife,and to turn the table 1, and continues this movementuntil the finger 26allnes with the one pound indication on the scale. The movement of thecrank 18 is then reversed, and the knife is tion is required to cutaccurately either It will be noted that in each. of the examplesdescribed, but one opera-1 value of cheese requested, whether that 7value he stated in terms of weight or of money. During the downwardmovement of the knife, andrabout the time that the knife enters theblock of cheese, the slack of the cord 36 is taken up by the rotation ofthe pinion 14t,and as the downward movement of the knife continues, thecord acting on the V sheave 37 will revolve the drum 28 so as to bringthe scale to itsinitial zero position,

the revolving movement of the drum in this instance being with relationto'theshaft 19 and being permitted by the friction coupling connectionalready describedbetween said drum and said shaft.

It has already been stated that the tension of the strap 24 is notcompletely taken up by the bar 4 until the knife 3 is above the block ofcheese. This relation is provided in order that the crank 18 may beoperated as many times as may be required to produce a rotation of thetable for any value in eX- cess of a single operation of said crank, andto produce the quantity requested in one cut. Thus, it may be assumedthat a complete operative movement of the crank will turn the tablesufiiciently to set off a pound of cheese. This quantity will vary inaccordance with the weight of the cheese, and is to be regarded merelyby way of example. In such a case, if a purchaser requests three poundsof cheese, it is not necessary to make three separate cuts, and to thusdeliver three pieces of cheese. On the other hand, the operator simplymovesthe crank 18 to a position where the knife is slightly above theblock of cheese, and then reverses the movement of the crank, so as toraise the knife. This reversal of movement will re sult in another stepof rotation of the table 1, and may be eflected as many times as thequantity of cheese requested may demand. It will, of course, beunderstood that when the handle 18 is operated so as to lift the knifeto a position wherein it is slightly above the block of cheese, theclutch member 23 will ride over the clutch member 22 and the spring 25will keep the strap 24 in tension with the bar 4. This enables thesuccessive reversals of the crank 18, so as to produce such step by steprotation of the table 1 as may be necessary to set off that portionofthe cheese which corresponds to the amount requested when the orderexceeds a pound, as in the example given. It will be understood that nospecific description herein contained is intended to put any limitationupon the scope of the appended claims, except such as may be necessaryto an exposition thereof.

Having fully described my invention, I claim:

1. In a cheese cutter, in combination, a rotatable cheese carryingtable, a knife cooperating with the table, means for operating theknife, means for determining the size of the slice to be cut andincluding a scale and an indicating finger cooperating therewith, thescale and the indicating finger being relatively movable, a shaft,gearing operatively connecting the shaft and the table, an operativeconnection between the shaft and the knife operating means, and

an operative connectionbetween the shaft and the movable elementof thedetermining means. i

2. In a cheese cutter, in combination, a rotatable cheese carryingtable, a knife cooperating with the table, meansfor operating the knife,means for determining the size'of the slice to be cut and including ascale and an indicating finger cooperating therewith, the scale and theindicating finger being relatively movable, a shaft, gearing operativelyconnecting the shaft and the table, an operative connection between theshaft and the knife operating means, an operative connection between theshaft and the movable element of the determining means, and a resettingconnection between the movable element of the determining means and theknife operating means.

3. In a cheese cutter, in combination, a movable cheese carrying table,a knife cooperating therewith, a movable knife actuating element, acontinuously operable value indicating means including a relativelymovable scale and pointer, means for correlating the table, the movablepart of the value indicating means, and the knife actuating elementwhereby operations thereof are produced in unison, the last named meansincluding clutch connections which enable a reverse movement of theknife actuating element independently of the table, and a resettingconnection between the movable part of the value indicating means andthe knife actuating element.

4. In a cheese cutter, in combination, a movable cheese carrying table,a knife cooperating therewith, a movable knife actuating element, ashaft geared to the table, an operating connection between the shaft andthe knife actuating element and including companion clutch parts wherebya movement of the knife actuating element in one direction causes amovement of said shaft and in the opposite direction is without effecton the shaft, a drum connected to the shaft and adapted to carry ascale, and a pointer which is traversed by the scale when thelattercmoves with the drum.

5. In a cheese cutter, in combination, a movable cheese carrying table,a knife cooperating therewith, a movable knife actuating element, ashaft geared to the table, an operating connection between the shaft andthe knife actuating element and including companion clutch parts wherebya movement of the knife actuating element in one direction causes amovement of said shaft and in the opposite direction is without effecton the shaft, a drum adapted to carry a scale, a pointer which istraversed by the scale when the latter moves with the drum, a frictionalconnection between the drum and the shaft enabling the drum to berotated by the shaft and also to be rotated free of the shaft, and aconnection between the drum and the knife actuating element whereby whenthe latter moves without effect on the shaft, it resets the drum.

6. In a cheese cutter, in combination, a movable cheese carrying table,a knife cooperating therewith, knife operating means including areciprocatory bar carrying the knife, a shaft geared to the table andhaving fixed and loose clutch members thereon, a strap connecting theloose clutch member and the bar, a spring to take up a portion of theslack of the stra1, a drum adapted to carry a scale, and connected tothe shaft, and a pointer which is traversed by the scale when the lattermoves with the drum.

7. In a cheese cutter, in combination, a movable cheese carrying table,a knife cooperating therewith, knife operating means including areciprocatory bar carrying the knife, a shaft geared to the table andhaving fixed and loose clutch members thereon, a strap connecting theloose clutch member and the bar, a spring to take up a portion of theslack of the strap, a drum adapted to carry a scale, a pointer which istraversed by the scale when the latter moves with the drum, a frictionalconnection between the drum and the shaft enabling the drum to berotated by the shaft and also to be rotated free of the shaft, and acord to reset the drum and operatively connected thereto and to amovable element of the knife operating means.

8. In a cheese cutter, in combination, a movable cheese carrying table,a knife cooperating therewith, knife operating means including areciprocatory bar having a rack face, a hollow standard in which the barworks, a pinion engaging the rack face and carrying a crank handle, ashaft journaled in the lower portion of the standard and geared to thetable, fixed and loose clutch members on the shaft, a strap connectingthe loose clutch member and the bar, and a spring to take up a portionof the slack of the strap.

7 9. In a cheese cutter, in combination, a

movable cheese carrying table, a knife cooperating therewith, knifeoperating means including a reciprocatory bar having a rack face, ahollow standard in which the bar works, a pinion engaging the rack faceand carrying a crank handle, a shaft journaled in the lower portion ofthe standard and geared to the table, fixed and loose clutch members onthe shaft, a strap connecting the loose clutch member and the bar, aspring to take up a portion of the slack of the strap, and valueindicating means including a relatively movable scale carrier andpointer,

the movable element of the value indicating means being operativelyconnected to the shaft. a

10. In a cheese cutter, in combination, a movable cheese carrying table,a knife cooperating therewith, knife operating means including areciprocatory bar having a rack face, a hollow standard in which the barworks, a pinion engaging the rack face and carrying a crank handle, ashaft journaled' in the lower portion of the standard and members on theshaft, a strap connecting the loose clutch member and the bar, a springto take up a portion of the slack of the strap,f

a scale carrying drum operatively connected to the shaft,'and a pointerwith relation to which the drum 1S rotatable. Y

11. A cheese cutter having a movable cheese carrying table and avalueindicating means including a. pointer, a scale calibrated todifferent weight and money values, a a.

scale carrier movable simultaneously -with the table,'and means forinitially setting the I scale on the carrier and withv relation to thepointer, according to the original weight of the block of cheese andthesale price thereof.

12. A cheese cutter having value indicating means which comprises arelatively mov- V able pointer and drum, the latter having a transverseperipheral slot and inclosed winding pins, and a tape calibrated toconstitute a scale and havinga bight thereofwound'on the periphery ofthe drum, the lengtlisof the tape passing through the slot andtheir ends7 being connected to the winding pins; J

13. A cheese cutter having value indicating means which comprises arelatively movable pointer and drum, the latter including two cup-shapedsections having alining peripheral slots and fitted, one over the other,

winding pins journaled in thefiatwalls of the drum sections, and a tapecalibrated to constitute a scale and having a bightrthereof wound on theperiphery of the drum, the lengths of the tape passing through the slotsand their ends being connected to the winding pins.

14. In a cheese cutter, in combination, a movable cheese carrying'table,a knife 00- operating therewith, a" movable knife actu-V ating element,a continuously operable value indicating means including a relativelymovable scale and pointer, and means in correlation with the table, themovable part of the value indicating means, and the knife acloo tuatingelement whereby the movement of a the knife away from the table isaccompanied by an actuation of the scale and a movement of the table,the last named means.

including a shaft which forms a connection between the table-and themovable part of the value indicating means, and a clutch connectionbetween said shaft and'the knife actuating element and which enables areverse movement of the knife actuating ele ment independently of thetable;

15. In a cheese cutter, in combination, a V

movable cheese carrying table, a knife 00-' operating therewith, valueindicating means continuously operable during the movement of the tableto indicate the degree of movement of the table 'necessaryto set off aportion of cheese having a predetermined value, a shaft arranged underthe table and connected to the value indicating means,gear

connections between the shaft and the table to operate the latter fromthe former, a knife actuating element operable to move the knife towardand away from the table, and connections between the knife actuatingelement and said shaft whereby the movements of the knife actuatingelement are accompanied by actuations of the value inclicating means andmovements of the table.

16. A cheese cutter comprising a movable cheese carrying table, a knifecooperating therewith, a knife actuating element, a value indicatingmeans, a shaft operable to actuate the value indicating means, gearingconnecting the shaft and the table and providing for a movement of thelatter, and other connections between the shaft and the knife actuatingelement to provide for a movement of the shaft in accordance with acertain movement of the knife actuating element.

1?. A cheese cutter comprising a movable cheese carrying table, a knifecooperating therewith, a knife actuating element, a value indicatingmeans, a shaft arranged under the table and operable to actuate thevalue indicating means, gearing connecting the shaft and the table andproviding for a movement of the latter, and other connec-a tions betweenthe shaft and the knife actuating element to provide for a movementofthe shaft in accordance with a certain movement of the knife actuatingelement.

18. A cheese cutter comprising a movable cheese carying table, a knifecooperating therewith, a knife actuating element, a value indicatingmeans, a shaft arranged under the table and operable to actuate thevalue nesses.

ISAAC EDWARD LEE. Witnesses:

CHAS. S. HYER, JOHN S. Pownns.

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